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Witness Care Officer

Job details
Posting date: 09 December 2024
Salary: £25,626 to £31,296 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 18 December 2024
Location: Ripley, Derbyshire
Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week
Company: Derbyshire Constabulary
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 8054

Summary

Can you make a positive difference to the lives of the victims and help to bring offenders to justice?

The Criminal Justice Department are looking to recruit a Witness Care Officer to improve witness satisfaction and reduce the number of ineffective trials. This is a full-time permanent position located at Force Headquarters, Ripley.

What you’ll be doing
-Comply with the requirements of Victims Code by communicating information about court hearings to victims and witnesses.
-Be a point of contact for victims after reporting a crime to evaluate ongoing necessary support requirements from the relevant victim service providers.
-Supply information to restorative justice service providers to empower victims to move forward after the criminal justice process is complete.

The must haves
-Be educated to GCSE English Language Grade C/Level 4 or have proven experience at this level
-Experience of inputting and retrieving data from a computerised system.
-Experience of working in a customer care environment, communicating with a wide range of people including the general public.

What’s in it for you?
At Derbyshire Constabulary, we aim to create an environment that puts people first. We want you to feel supported in everything you do, so you can give your very best. What’s more, we have a range of reward and benefits that if you join us you could enjoy.

Salary - £25,626 - £31,296
For part time hours the salary will be calculated on a pro-rata basis, this is based on the number of hours for the vacancy.

What’s next

Please click apply to complete your application.

To support you with your application we have provided some application guidance and our recruitment process.

Vacancy closes 18 December 2024 at 23:55
Shortlisting and Interviews will take place in the New Year

Who we are
Here at Derbyshire Constabulary, Police doesn't have to mean patrolling the streets. Just as important as our uniformed officers is our strong team of professional and support staff working behind the scenes. It’s these skilled people, people like you who contribute to the policing of Derbyshire.

To understand how you can make Derbyshire safer together visit our careers website.

We value diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from underrepresented and neurodiverse backgrounds, so that we can truly reflect the communities that we serve in.

We welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds and encourage anyone who has considered a career in policing to apply. We are particularly keen to increase the number of females and candidates from black and minority ethnic communities and candidates from the LGBT community, so that we can truly reflect the communities that we serve in.